Lot 105. A 'Cizhou'-type cut-glaze jar, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644). Height 8 1/8  in., 20.5 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

the globular body rising to a short straight neck, carved through the dark brown glaze with two large peony sprays and two butterflies, framed by a floral scroll border at the neck and a keyfret band below.

Provenance: Collection of Ambassador Dr. Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves (b. 1944), acquired in the 1980s.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 Sep 2017, 10:00 AM